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A ligarh M uslim U niversity G azette
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Aligarh Muslim University Gazette originated as The Aligurh Institute Gazette. Launched by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1866, it projected a vision much ahead of its times.
Sir Syed is known for his devotion to education, support for intellectual pursuits and commitment to public welfare.
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Mr. Ansari made a fervent plea for the empowerment of Muslim women. The Vice President said that the dead weight of tradition, poverty and communal politics had resulted in M u s l i m w o m e n f a c i n g t h r e e handicaps. These related to (a) literacy (b) economic power resulting from work and income, and (c) autonomy of decision making. The net result was a pattern of structured disempowerment. There was nothing in the tenets of faith that permitted it;
on the contrary, rights and obligations were equally enjoined.
Mr. Ansari said that one aspect of change pertained to the place of women in society. It was inextricably linked both to education and the dead weight of history and social customs.
It remained a blind spot for segments of our people.
The Vice President called upon the Aligarh Muslim University to take the lead in reforming social customs without transgressing basic values.
He reminded the University that this institution had played a pioneering role in the field of Muslim women education beginning from the year 61 Annual Convocationst
A Report
The Aligarh Muslim University held its 61 Annual Convocation on March 29, st
2014. The Vice President of India, Mr.
Mohd. Hamid Ansari delivered the Convocation Address as the chief guest and Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen.
( R e t d . ) Z a m e e r U d d i n S h a h presented the Annual Report of the University.
On this occasion, honoris causa degrees of D. Litt. were conferred on D r. A z i z Q u r e s h i , G o v e r n o r, Uttarakhand and Mr. Yusuffali M.A., Chairman and managing Director, Lulu Group International, United Arab Emirates.
On this occasion, about 5000 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees were conferred on the students by their respective Deans and about 200 medals were distributed to students who have attained excellence in their respective fields of studies.
Delivering the Convocation Address, Mr. Mohd. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India said that in the eyes of Muslim community, their main priorities were physical security, education and employment. Each of these was in the ambit of affirmative action. Some positive steps had been taken, yet more remained to be done.
Mr. Ansari asserted that while the Constitution guaranteed equality to all citizens and prohibited discrimination on ground of sex”, Muslims, especially Muslim women were lagging behind others in the fields of education and participation in the work force.
The Vice President reminded the country that as far as Muslims of India w e r e c o n c e r n e d , a y o u n g e r generation, confident and assertive, sought the right to equality and its share in decision making. He emphasized that different studies,
including the Sachar report in 2006, had underlined the fact that there was a gap between the Muslims in some important fields and this gap needed to be bridged at the earliest.
Explaining the responsibility of the state towards the minorities in a pluralistic society, the Vice President said that there were certain obligations on the state to promote equal treatment. This is enshrined in our constitution. The challenge is to u n i v e r s a l i z e a n d d e e p e n i t s implementation. On the other hand, the Vice President reminded all citizens that if they expected something from the state, they would have to become participants in the process, assist it and actively work for their rights. The Vice President said,
“The management of diversity to ensure the integrity of minds is a national priority. By the same token, every citizen has to contribute to it”.
In a veiled message to the Muslims of I n d i a , M r. A n s a r i s a i d t h a t segregation, seclusion or self imposed isolation was un-civic and the transgression of spirit of a plural society.
tourism.
The other recipient of honoris causa degree, Mr. Yusuffali M.A., an Indian o r i g i n h i g h l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d entrepreneur of UAE, felt humbled by the award of D. Litt. degree on him.
He paid his respects to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and said that he was one of the architects of modern educated India who thought for the future generations.
Mr. Ali urged the students to work hard to attain excellence in their higher studies and not consider their parents outdated or illiterate. He said that we should never treat them with contempt or with a business like attitude. This will be a ladder to success.
Mr. Ali announced a donation of Rs. 5 crore for the construction of a sports complex for female students in the name of his mother. He has already donated a separate sum of Rs. 5 Crore for boys' sports complex.
Presenting the annual report of the University, AMU Vice Chancellor, Lt.
Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah highlighted the significant points of his Vision Document for the University for 2020. He reiterated his resolve to take the University to number one position among Indian universities by 2017 and secure a rank for it among 200 universities of the world by 2020. He said that AMU will become a brand name by then while preserving its Tehzib and unique traditions at the same time. He said that the INDCAT/INFLIBNET, the largest detabse of Indian universities has placed AMU as 5 among 25 th
largest doctoral thesis producing universities of India.
Gen. Shah said that the AMU has 1906. The Vice President urged the
Aligarh Muslim University to help realize the 21 century target of st
gender parity.
The Vice President expressed concern on certain recent trends in the field of education in the country. He said that while literacy levels were rising rapidly, there were rising concerns on the decline in the quality of education, particularly at the school level.
He lamented the substandard undergraduate teaching and the resulting incapability of students to
“pursue scientific research and innovation and opt instead of lucrative callings”. He said that the base line of literacy in 1947 was 12 percent. It reached 74 percent in 2011 and was still below the global average of 84 percent. The Right to Education as a Fundamental Rights had certainly enhanced enrolment but was yet to translate itself into quality education.
He pointed out that in view of students' inability to imbibe college and university learning, mediocrity prevailed with both the teachers and the taught wallowing in it. Its impact was reflected in the various employability assessments in public domain as also in the modest quantity of scientific research emanating from institutions of higher education and research. He said that our universities have been converted into degree awarding machines for the benefit of youth who do not receive sufficient guidance on career options at the school leaving stage and therefore drift through a degree course aimlessly.
He called upon teachers and students to eschew mediocrity for excellence
and pursue it in curricular and extra- curricular fields. He said that we were living in a highly competitive global knowledge society with receding horizons in which mediocrity meant irrelevance.
Expressing a deep sense of gratitude on conferring D. Litt., honoris causa, on him, the Uttarakhand Governor, Dr.
Aziz Qureshi said that it was the “best honour” in his life and the degree added a lustre to his career.
Paying rich tributes to Sir Syed, Dr.
Qureshi said that he bowed his head to his memory for the services he rendered in upliftment of Muslim Community and bringing them out of darkness. The Muslims of India would have remained confined to the Class III and IV positions in services without his leadership.
Dr. Qureshi also acknowledged the efforts of the Vice Chancellor, Lt. Gen.
(Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah in maintaining discipline in the campus and upgrading the quality and standard of teaching and research in the University. He said that the Vice Chancellor deserved all praise for his sincerity.
Dr. Aziz Qureshi also thanked the team of AMU doctors which rendered services during the strife after natural calamity in June 2013. He said, “The p e o p l e a n d G o v e r n m e n t o f Uttrakhand and myself shall ever remain grateful to them”.
Referring to the restoration of R.D.
Estate, a valuable property of AMU in Ranikhet, the Governor said that he has already initiated action and took up the matter and hopes to get the needful done at the earliest so that the AMU would be having the wonderful place from the point of
Languages.
He said that responding to his call for a 'pay-back', the AMU alumni from across the world visited their alma mater this February and participated in the Alumni Meet organized by the AMU Alumni Affairs Committee. The Vice Chancellor said that AMU has received generous donations and endowments to AMU Alumni Fund.
AMU Pro-Vice Chancellor, Brig.
(Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali and Registrar, Group Captain (Retd.) Shahrukh Shamshad also took part in the proceedings of the convocation. The Controller of Examinations, Prof.
Pervez Mustajab announced the names of medal recipients and invited Deans of faculties to receive degrees for further distribution to students.
Dr. Rahat Abrar Public Relations Officer got campus placements in renowned
companies so far. For the first time 41 undergraduate students of Women's College secured jobs in software companies.
The Vice Chancellor said that AMU will soon become the first green university of India. He said that the University is investing Rs. 20 core on a solar power system to feed the University's power grid. He said that this investment will hopefully be recovered within 3-4 years.
Gen. Shah said that soon there will be a new Faculty of International Studies in the University with Departments of Strategic Studies and five Foreign launched an innovative and historic
one-year “bridge course” for Madrasa graduates to equip them to qualify in entrance examinations for various courses in AMU.
He mentioned that Prof. S. M. Hadi of Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences is the most cited scientist of the University, while several other teachers have also brought laurels to the University by garnering awards and honours received in the country and abroad.
Gen. Shah said that the University has restored the Moinuddin Art Gallery after a long period of time and it has become an epicentre of fine arts. Quranic Centre is also
giving impetus to the art of calligraphy. Besides, the University has established a full-fledged Training and P l a c e m e n t O f f i c e t o facilitate our students with job placements. He said that during the last two years 78 companies visited the University and selected 1141 students from other than Engineering and Medicine faculties, got selected. Similarly, 467 Engineering students have
AMU's New Web Portal in Place
On the occasion of 61 Annual Convocation, AMU's new st
web portal www.amu.ac.in (Beta Version) was inaugurated by Mr. Yusuffali M.A., Chairman and Managing Director, Lulu Group International, UAE at the Vice Chancellor's lodge.
AMU portal has been re-designed jointly by AMU IT team and Goldvoice Telesoft Pvt. Ltd., a Noida based IT company owned by an AMU alumnus. The new website is redesigned to make it more user friendly, easily navigable with a fresh and unique look and to provide accessibility through smart phones/tablets also.
at Aligarh for over a century and more be ignored; it may be emulated but cannot be duplicated. An institution of higher learning and a cultural entity is not easily given to being a commercial or philanthropic franchise.
Thus the challenge emanating from being posited, notionally, on a tripod was demanding at all times. In different stages of the University's history its responses to these were fairly reflective of its intellectual capacity and its commitment to the values and objectives it had prescribed for itself. The record, to my mind, is a mixed one.
Today, the challenge has acquired greater intensity. The imperatives of the 21 century would sustain and st
accelerate the pattern, perhaps add new dimensions to them.
The question that I pose to myself, and to all of you, is a simple one: is the AMU prepared and equipped to respond meaningfully, in thought and deed, to these challenges?
II
Universities are not a modern novelty.
They have existed in all civilisations.
Recorded history traces their existence in ancient Greece and ancient India, and in Egypt, Morocco and Europe in medieval times. They emerged whenever human thought processes evolved to the point of asking questions that go beyond Convocation Address by Hon'ble
Shri M. Hamid Ansari Vice President of India
Ba naam-e-khudawand jaan aafareen
Hakim-e-sokhan der zubaan aafareen
A torrent of emotions gathered over half a century and more overwhelm a speaker who returns to familiar surroundings of youth, and of later years, to be the chief guest at the most solemn of university ceremonies.
Stray thoughts compete for attention and the balance between the past and the present is sought to be swayed.
An Old Boy of considerable seniority wrote recently that 'nothing ignites nostalgia among AMU alumni the way the Tarana does', adding that 'I doubt if any other educational institution on earth has an anthem that can equal the lyrical quality of the AMU Tarana.' I subscribe to this personally. I also cannot erase from my mind the i n t e l l e c t u a l l y a c c o m m o d a t i n g ambience of the campus in mid and l a t e f i f t i e s , t h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l magnificence of the University mosque, of the buildings around the Strachey Hall, and above all the captivating image of the university cricket ground. The nostalgia is overpowering.
I extend my felicitations to the students graduating today. They owe their success to their own industry and dedication. They should know that the pursuit of knowledge does not end with the portals of the University. Their journey in life now begins. Whether they enter the job market or go on to pursue further studies, they must remember that there is no end to education.
I felicitate the personalities who have been awarded the Honoris Causa.
This institution recognises and applauds their contributions to the public good.
Convocations are occasions to acknowledge intellectual excellence and achievement. They should also be moments of introspection about
the purpose of education, its role in society and in the life of the nation.
This is that rare, fleeting, moment in life when the individual can afford to steer clear of peer pressure, pursue one's convictions, sail into the unknown and chart unconventional paths. Many famous names in AMU's past did just that.
The uniqueness of this institution is evident. It is a university, a place where men and women gather to seek knowledge in all its manifestations.
They do so because, as Ibn Khaldun would have said, 'the pasture of stupidity is unwholesome for mankind' and 'the evil of falsehood is to be fought with enlightened speculation';
hence the need both for critical insight, and for lifting the veil of ignorance.
T h e r e i s a n o t h e r a s p e c t o f uniqueness evident to all. It is Muslim, meaning by it an inheritor not only of the sum total of human knowledge but also particularly of the segment bequeathed by the civilisation of Islam. This weight of twin legacies is what propelled the founding fathers of this institution.
A third characteristic, taken for granted and yet worthy of mention, is location. It is in India, one of the cradles of human knowledge whose inputs into, and interaction with, the world of Islam enriched both. Nor can the location-specific ethos developed
motivation in our colleges and universities.
Perhaps the malaise has deeper roots. A major role is played by societal values. Our society is passing through a callously materialistic phase, one in which money has become the measure of all things.
Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Professor C.N.R. Rao spoke recently about the disinclination among the youth to pursue scientific research and innovation and opt instead for more lucrative callings.
This trend does not further the requirement of the best minds devoting themselves to fundamental scientific research.
Correctives are thus imperative and have to begin here and now. We have to go beyond being affluent 'hewers of wood and carriers of water', or being 'IT coolies', and acknowledge that we are living in a highly competitive global knowledge society with receding horizons in which mediocrity means irrelevance.
These same receding horizons beckon us to continue to study our societal environment and retain our focus on areas of social sciences, h u m a n i t i e s a n d l a n g u a g e s , particularly those in which the AMU developed excellence over decades.
An involvement with modernity does not imply an abandonment of the past;
on the contrary, modern tools of learning can be used with benefit in the pursuit of all disciplines, as is being done in the best universities of the world.
So the way out of the present crisis lies in re-emphasizing the need of seeking excellence. Here no quarters should be asked for, none given. The plea for affirmative action for socially and educationally backward is a valid one; the requirement, however, is for opportunity, not lack of performance.
A century back Allama Iqbal had suggested the corrective:
Is dour main taleem hai amraz-e- millat ki dawa
Hai khoon-e-fasid ke liye taleem misl-e-naishtar
primary needs of human existence.
They are expected to offer a depth and breadth of vision not available in the rush of every day life. A university is a place that not only produces knowledge but also produces doubt, a place that is 'creative and unruly, home to polyphony of voices'. It also has a practical objective: to impart skills to get a job or a better job, to improve prospects in life. For the latter reason, their concerns and curricula have to respond in good measure to the requirements of the age.
Two decades earlier the historian Paul Kennedy penned a volume entitled Preparing for the Twenty-First Century and concluded that three elements would be critical to the effort.
He listed these as (i) the role of education (ii) the place of women and (iii) the need for political leadership.
Each of these, I submit, is relevant to this campus and to us both as a nation and a society in all its diverse segments. Each remains relevant two decades later; in fact, the passage of time has reinforced the urgency of achieving a high degree of success in each.
I begin with education. The shortfalls are evident. Despite educational attainment by segments of society, the base line of literacy at the dawn of freedom in 1947 was 12 percent. It reached 74 percent in 2011 and is still below the global average of 84 percent. Inscribing the Right to Education as a Fundamental Rights, and the Right to Education Act of 2009, has certainly enhanced enrolment but is yet to translate itself into quality education. As a result, school-leavers often do not have the capacity to imbibe college and university learning. Nor have they benefited yet from the new schemes of 'vocationalisation' of secondary education. This also holds true for areas of technical and professional education.
Consequently, and in order to accommodate the less prepared, undergraduate teaching often begins at sub-standard levels. Its impact is pervasive. Mediocrity thus prevails, with both the teachers and the taught
wallowing in it. The overall impact of the resulting picture is adequately reflected in the various employability assessments in the public domain as also in the modest quantity of scientific research emanating from institutions of higher education and research. These make depressing reading.
This is to be contrasted with the levels of educational requirement in the 21 st
century. Two ingredients of it are critical: the first relates to globalisation of standards and the second to the up- gradation of skills. Both need a level of teaching and assessment that should be comparable or nearly comparable to the best in the world. Both, I submit, are lacking in our institutions of higher education today.
Why have we come to such a pass?
One reason is the conversion of our universities into degree awarding machines for the benefit of youth who do not receive sufficient guidance on career options at the school leaving stage and therefore drift through a degree course aimlessly. The other reason, linked to the first, is the lack of focus on quality teaching, on evoking the interest of the students in subjects of their choice, in encouraging them explore its dimensions and in inculcating the habit of thinking for themselves. Learning by rote from made-easy books, and focusing on 'model' answers to standard questions that examiners set mechanically year after year, thus becomes the hall mark of an average student. Little or no effort is made by the teacher to induce critical and innovative thinking. The curiosity latent in every young mind is not awakened.
If the student is the innocent victim of this scheme of things, the teacher often is an accomplice. In an essay on the functions of a teacher, Bertrand Russell had written that 'no man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection towards his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he himself believes to be of value.' Teaching, in other words, should be a calling of aptitude and choice rather than of necessity. There is a dire need for inculcating this
ambit of the Constitution. The political churning currently underway is perhaps also part of a global turmoil induced by rising expectations and globalisation of values, and facilitated by the revolution in communication techniques.
The civic training of young citizens therefore has to begin early and should be facilitated in educational institutions. AMU's annals record the names of freedom fighters and public figures baptised on this campus. By the same logic, freedom is not synonymous with anarchic behaviour or arbitrary demands undermining the very purpose or ethos of the institution. At the same time, the right to associate has to be within the limits of public order, decency and morality.
Those who wrote grammars of democracy in earlier or modern times did not visualise anarchy as a valid option.
IV
A n i m p o r t a n t a s p e c t o f t h i s university's ethos is its assertion of identity within the framework of diversity that characterises modern India. Both are critical ingredients;
both are cherished; both bestow a uniqueness that encapsulates a thousand years of history of the Indian Subcontinent; both require careful navigation through treacherous rapids characterised by assimilative urges on the one hand and isolationist pressures on the other.
Any discourse on identity needs to begin with the ground reality. Ours is a plural society, a secular polity, and a state structure that is democratic and based on Rule of Law. Plurality is thus an existential reality. Each ingredient of the mix is important. We steer clear of notions of assimilation and adaptation, philosophically and in practice. Instead, the management of diversity to ensure the integration of minds and hearts is accepted as an ongoing national priority. By the same token, every citizen has to contribute to it. Segregation, seclusion or self- imposed isolation is un-civic and a transgression of the spirit of a plural society.
We were tardy in response. Yak lahza ghafil gushtam wa sad saalah raahum door shud. (I was negligent for a moment and my journey became a hundred years' longer).
It is now for all segments of Muslim society in our country, and those of it in the AMU, to address this challenge without further loss of time. Success will be rewarded by a place in the ranks of the march of humanity in the 21 century; failure would lead to st
becoming inconsequential.
III
Human endeavours do not take shape in a vacuum. The societal ambiance is invariably critical. Change is an unavoidable ingredient of all societies.
We cannot be an exception nor can we be irrationally selectively. Maulana Azad's advice of October 1947 should be recalled a generation later:
“Azizo, upne ander aik bunyadi tabdeeli paida karo…Tabdeelion ke saath chalo, yeh na kaho ki hum is tagayyur ke liye tayyar nahin thai”.
One aspect of change pertains to the place of women in society. It is inextricably linked both to education and to the dead weight of history and social custom. It remains a blind spot for segments of our people. And yet it must be admitted that half the population, half the potential workforce, and those who give first lessons in education and manners to the younger generation, cannot be excluded from the benefits of modern education and denied the opportunity to contribute to nation building efforts.
The Constitution guarantees equality t o a l l c i t i z e n s a n d p r o h i b i t s discrimination on grounds of sex.
Despite this, attitudes and practices particularly in regard to education and participation in work force, both of Muslims in general and Muslim women in particular, persist. The Sachar Report of 2006, and subsequent studies, quantifies this in ample measure. The gap between the present levels and the national average needs to be bridged at the earliest.
The Muslims of India, in their self- perception, prioritise their problems:
physical security, education and employment. Each of these is within the ambit of affirmative action; some positive steps have been taken, more remains to be done. A younger generation, confident and assertive, seeks the right to equality and its share in decision-making.
The dead weight of tradition, poverty and communal politics has resulted in M u s l i m w o m e n f a c i n g t h r e e handicaps. These relate to: (a) literacy (b) economic power resulting from work and income, and (c) autonomy of decision making. The net result is a pattern of structured disempowerment. There is nothing in the tenets of faith that permits it; on the contrary, rights and obligations are equally enjoined.
Social customs usually represent the crystallisation of occasion-specific requirements; they are neither sacred nor immutable. Experience of other traditional societies shows that p r a c t i c a l c o r r e c t i v e s c a n b e introduced without transgressing values. Aligarh, where the first steps were taken in 1906 for the education of Muslim girls, must now help realise the 21 century targets of gender st
parity.
The same holds for political leadership. A citizen by definition participates in civic affairs and should be allowed to do so. I recall what I learnt as a student in this institution.
Pericles, in ancient Athens, said ordinary citizens are “fair judges of public matters” and that “instead of looking on discussion as a stumbling- block in the way of action, we think it is an indispensable preliminary to any wise action at all.”
The validity of this for our world of universal adult franchise is evident.
The deepening of the democratic process within our polity, and the emergence or crystallisation of local, regional or sectional demands, compels both a wider understanding and a conscious development of the capacity to reconcile and accommodate competing requirements within the
before us?
There are times in lives of individuals and people when the imperative is to go beyond stale logic and pessimism of the intellect and lean instead on the optimism of the will. Such an occasion beckons you today. I repeat what I had said on an earlier occasion here: Agar aflak ke tare torne hain to perwaaz ki taaqat paida karni ho gi; sirf guftaar kaafi nahin hai.
I wish you all success in this endeavour and remind you of what a poet of our times had aptly said:
Dekh zindaan se pare, rang-e- chaman shour-e-bahaar Raqs karna hai to phir paaon ki
zanjeer na dekh Jai Hind.
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The objective is, and should be, to go beyond tolerance of the Other and move towards Acceptance of those who may be different. It would bring forth, in the words of Canadian s c h o l a r W i l l K y m l i k a , “ t h r e e interconnected ideas: repudiating the idea of the state as belonging to the d o m i n a n t g r o u p ; r e p l a c i n g assimilationist and exclusionary nation-building policies with policies of recognition and accommodation;
and acknowledging historic injustice and offering amends for it.”
This imposes obligations on the state to promote equal treatment. This is enshrined in our Constitution; the challenge is to universalise and deepen its implementation.
The duty of the citizen is to be a participant in the process, assist it and actively seek his/her rights:
Yeh bazm-e-mai hai yaan kotah dasti main hai mahroomi Jo barh ke khood utha le haath main
meena usi ka hai V
It is in this landscape that I go back to my earlier question: of AMU's preparedness in thought and deed to the emerging challenges of the 21 st
century. I have touched upon some aspects of the challenge. The answer is not with me; I do know it is with the youthful segment of the audience before me. Will they rise to the o c c a s i o n ? W i l l t h e y e s c h e w mediocrity for excellence and pursue it in curricular and extra curricular fields? Will they help promote gender parity? Will they become active participants and builders in a new, changing India that is taking shape
French, German, Portuguese and S p a n i s h ) . R e c e n t l y, w e h a v e launched a whole range of other new courses. M.Sc. in Bio-diversity Management and Conservation, MA in Hindi Translation, P.G. Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance and Courses on the Quranic Studies, including Calligraphy.
The Medical College secured several additional facilities and infrastructure under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Z.H.
C o l l e g e o f E n g i n e e r i n g a n d Technology is augmenting Industry- I n s t i t u t i o n i n t e r a c t i o n a n d interdisciplinary research. We are revising syllabi to cater for the requirements of industry.
The Centre for Distance Education has launched three modules of six- m o n t h s v o c a t i o n a l t r a i n i n g programmes offering certificate courses in Mobile and Tablet Repairing, Laptop and Desktop Repairing, Refrigerator and Air Conditioner Repairing.
We plan to progressively upgrade all our schools upto Senior Higher Secondary level on the Kendriya Vidyalaya Model. S.T.S. High School, AMU City High School and AMU Girls' High School will commence Class XI from academic term 2014-15. Union School has already been restructured on KV model.
We have made Urdu, elementary to advanced, a compulsory course for BA/B.Sc./B.Com.
Annual Report by
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah Vice Chancellor
Hon'ble Chief Guest, His Excellency Janab Mohd. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India; His Excellency Janab Aziz Qureshi, Governor of Uttarakhand; Mr. Yusuffali, Managing Director, Lulu Group International, UAE; Brigadier Syed Ahmad Ali, Pro Vice Chancellor, AMU; Controller of E x a m i n a t i o n s ; R e g i s t r a r ; D is t inguis he d m e m be r s of t he University Court, Executive Council, Academic Council, Deans of Faculties, Chairmen of Departments, Principals of Colleges and Schools; Recipients of Degrees, Ladies and Gentleman!
Assalamu alaikum and Jai Hind,
It is an honour and privilege to welcome you all on this historic occasion. Convocations should be an annual event to acknowledge the hard work of our bright, aspiring students.
They should draw inspiration from his Excellency Janab Mohd. Hamid Ansari Sahib, the most eminent alumnus of the Aligarh Muslim University. He a beacon for all of us to emulate.
We welcome, His Excellency Janab A z i z Q u r e s h i , G o v e r n o r o f U t t a r a k h a n d . H e i s l e a d i n g academician, a public figure and a legal luminary. He has worked tirelessly for the cause of Urdu and interfaith tolerance. I also welcome Mr. Yusuffali, Managing Director, Lulu Group International, UAE. He stands out as a role model because of his business acumen and his services to the cause of education. He has carved out his business empire, employing a work force of several thousand in 37 countries. His success story and his philanthropy is praiseworthy.
AMU IS A UNIVERSITY WITH A DIFFERENCE:
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the visionary founder of this great institution, foresaw the pivotal role of modern scientific education incorporating our glorious heritage. We will relentlessly pursue this mission.
AMU VISION STATEMENT 2020:
Our Vision Statement states that Insha Allah AMU will rank as India's number one University by 2017 and f e a t u r e a m o n g t h e t o p 2 0 0
Universities of the world by 2020.
Preserving our Tehzib and unique traditions, we will make AMU a brand name. This will positively improve the job prospects of our graduates.
Our Vision Statement 2020 is not utopian. We are already very near the top:-
l The Times Higher Education, London, UK and Thomson - Reuters placed AMU as the 9th best institution of higher learning in India in 2013.
l India Today - Nielson Best University Survey in 2013 ranked AMU 7th among the top 10 Indian Universities.
l INDCAT/INFLIBNET, the largest database of Indian Universities/
Institutions has placed AMU as the 5th 25 largest doctoral thesis producing Universities of India.
l AMU has been ranked 50th among the top 100 institutions of higher learning in BRICS, (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
Our teachers and student can ensure we reach the pinnacle by committing themselves in quality research, innovation and excellence. NEW HORIZONS:
We reiterate our resolve to scale new heights of excellence. We soon hope t o h a v e t h e n e w F a c u l t y o f International Studies. It will comprise departments of International Studies, Strategic Security Studies and Foreign languages. (Chinese,
AMU Faculty has also attended i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e s a t Germany, UK, Thailand, Singapore, S w e d e n , A u s t r a l i a , H u n g a r y, Malaysia, Greece, Turkey, USA, Italy and China.
W E A R E P R O U D O F T H E A C H I E V E M E N T S O F O U R STUDENTS. THESE ARE FAR TOO NUMEROUS BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW:
Zulfiqar Sheth, research scholar, Department of Economics, has been awarded the Presidential scholarship of 120,000 USD by the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA to study B u s i n e s s A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . T h e research paper of Ahmad Tabish, a B.Tech. student in Department of Chemical Engineering, has been published in the journal of Australian Coal Operator's Conference held at University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Ms. Sana Khan, a P h D s t u d e n t , D e p a r t m e n t o f Agricultural Microbiology has been selected by the prestigious DAAD award of Germany to carry out advanced research at the Albert Ludwigs University.
Mr. Nazir Hussain, Research Scholar, Department of English, was selected as the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas, Austin, US.
Ms. Manvi Agarwal, M.Sc. Statistics secured tenth rank in Indian Statistical Services (ISS) examination.
Along with academic excellence our students have fared well in co- c u r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i e s t o o . C O - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: The various clubs of the General Education Centre remain abuzz with literary and cultural activities. The University Western Music Club bagged several prizes at the Annual National Festival of the AIIMS. Our students won a special prize in English debate Competition at G.B.
P a n t U n i v e r s i t y, P a n t n a g a r, Uttarakhand and the 1st Prize in power point competition.
The Moinuddin Arts Gallery has been restored and is now the epicentre of fine arts. Quranic Centre has given impetus to the art of calligraphy.
PLACEMENT FOR JOBS:
The University has established a full- The Ministry of Minorities Affairs,
Govt. of India has nominated the UGC Academic Staff College as the Nodal Agency under Nalanda Project for Faculty development of Minorities Managed Degree Colleges.
We have established the world's first Social Science Cyber Library and occupied the new Social Science Faculty block. Renovation of our existing classrooms is in progress and a number of smart classrooms, with state of the art hi-tech facilities have become operational.
The Faculty of Medicine has introduced the Biometric Data Acquisition Process through a Biometric Machine during the admissions of MBBS/BDS. Raising academic standards of our feeder institutions, AMU Schools and 03 AMU Centres is another priority. We hope that these Centres will soon blossom into independent Central Universities. We would very much like to see our J.N. Medical College and Z.H. College of Engineering and Technology rising to the ranks of AIIMS and IIT while remaining under the AMU control. There is a pressing need for new halls of residence, specially for girls. We have received the largest grant ever received of Rs.
100 Cr. for this purpose. Most of the University heritage buildings, being more than 100 years old, are in need for restoration. We are seeking the help of the Agha Khan Foundation.
HARNESSING THE POWER OF MADARSAS:
The Madarsas are the largest education network in the country, much misunderstood and maligned.
We need to tap their potential. AMU h a s r e c e n t l y u n d e r t a k e n a n innovative, rather historic step of launching a one year Bridge Course for Madarsa graduates to equip them to qualify in entrance examinations for various AMU courses. We hope this will also nudge Madarsas to modernize their syllabi.
SCALING NEW HEIGHTS:
The AMU Faculty has had a long record of receiving the most well- acclaimed and prestigious awards and honours from the International Academia. The list of faculty members is lengthy one and would take considerable time. A few noteworthy
ones are:-
1. Prof. S. M. Hadi, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences is the most cited scientist of the University.
2. Dr. Moinuddin, Department of Biochemistry, J. N. Medical C o l l e g e w a s a w a r d e d Commonwealth Fellowship at Aston University, Birmingham, UK;
3. Prof. Shahab Fazal, Department of Geography was awarded F u l b r i g h t F e l l o w s h i p a t Connecticut University, USA;
4. P r o f . B a d a r A l a m I q b a l , Department of Commerce got the Brazil Fellowship to work at the Maringa University, Brazil;
Fellowship of the European Commission, Denmark to lecture at University of Poland, Warsaw;
and was appointed as an Extra Ordinary Professor, at the School of Economic Sciences; Senate of North West University, South Africa; 5. Prof. Kabiruddin, Department of Chemistry; Prof.
M. Mursaleen, Department of Mathematics; Dr. Asad U. Khan, Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit; Prof. M Afzal, Department of Zoology and Mr. M. Abdul Qadeer, D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m p u t e r Engineering have been identified as the most cited authors by E l s e v i e r, a w o r l d - s t a t u r e publishing house;
6. Dr. Abdul Malik, Department of A g r i c u l t u r a l M i c r o b i o l o g y, r e c e i v e d t h e D B T C r e s t Fellowship to work at Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Germany for one year;
7. The Food Craft Institute won the National Award for excellence in Hospitality Education from the Ministry of Tourism. Faculty in some of our Departments such as Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Civil Engineering, Applied Physics, and Agricultural Studies, have been excelling in research and have managed to garner projects and research grants worth crores of rupees f r o m r e p u t e d G o v e r n m e n t funding agencies.
CONFERENCES / SEMINARS / SYMPOSIA:
Minister of Education, Shri P.K. Shahi were also present.
Extension lectures were delivered by Justice (Retd.) Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India, Lt.
Gen. (Retd.) Ata Hasnain, Dr. Ram Chandra Guha, Eminent Historian and Social Ecologist; and Mr. Rashad Hussain, United States' Special Envoy to Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC).
AMU also received several diplomatic delegations from countries like Pakistan, Thailand, South Korea and Turkey.
ALUMI MEET:
Responding to our call for a 'Pay-back time' the AMU Alumni - worldwide visited their alma mater this February in the 'Alumni Meet' organized by the 'AMU Alumni Affairs Committee'. We received very generous donations and endowments to AMU Alumni Fund. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have the ability, capability and resolve to become India's No.1 University by 2017. I solicit everyone's efforts in this noble initiative. The entire AMU community looks forward to the early restoration of the minority character of the AMU. The matter is subjudice before the Supreme Court of India and we look forward to an early hearing.
I take this opportunity to felicitate our young students who have received their medals and degrees today. I am confident that the knowledge and skills gained by them at the AMU have equipped them to face and overcome the challenges ahead. Thank you for your gracious presence and patient hearing. I beseech your prayers and good wishes. I am confident of the capabilities of our teachers and the resolve and dedication of our students. We have the support of the Alig community worldwide. In our mission, Inshallah, we shall not fail.
Thank you and God bless.
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah PVSM, SM, VSM Vice-Chancellor Aligarh Muslim University 29 March 2014 fledged Training and Placement
Office and has appointed a Training &
Placement Officer (General). We were successful in inviting 48 companies in 2012-13 session and 30 companies so far for 2013-14 session.
541 students got campus placements last year and approx. 600 students this year from faculties other than Engineering and Medicine.
237 Engineering students got campus placements in 23 companies during 2012-13 session while 231 students have so far been placed for the current session in 18 companies. For the first time 41 undergraduate students of Women's College secured jobs in software companies.
A major focus of the University is on P e r s o n a l i t y D e v e l o p m e n t a n d Communication Skills.
L A U R E L S I N G A M E S A N D SPORTS:
We have given impetus to games and sports. The AMU Lawn Tennis (men) team won the North Zone Intervarsity Tennis Tournament, AMU Hockey (Men) Team won the North Zone Intervarsity Hockey Team and the AMU Basketball Team won the 35th Mumby Memorial State Basketball Tournament. Our Tennis Team was Runner up in All India Intervarsity Tennis Tournament. The AMU Women's Badminton team were runners up in All India Inter University Badminton Championship. Our Table Tennis (Men) Team was Runner up in North Zone Intervarsity Table Tennis Tournament. To celebrate its 125 Anniversary our Riding Club recently hosted the National Equestrian Championship (Tent Pegging), the first time in history of AMU.
A YEAR OF MANY FIRSTS:
A " S e l f - s e r v i c e G r o c e r y a n d Consumer retail Store" By Kendriya Bhandar was inaugurated at the Shahjahan Manzil, Qila Road. It provides consumer items to the students and staff of the University at Government controlled rates.
We have signed many MoUs with several US Universities. Student exchange and visiting faculty programmes are in the offing. The
Ohio State University (OSU) in partnership with the Aligarh Muslim University, under the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative, has launched a pilot project to produce best researchers and scholars at university level. Four of our research scholars will be leaving shortly for a dual degree programme in Ohio State University under STEM- E R ( S c i e n c e , Te c h n o l o g y , Engineering, Mathematics, education and research)
After years of dallying we have submitted our Letter of Intent for m a n d a t o r y a s s e s s m e n t a n d accreditation of the AMU by the N a t i o n a l A s s e s s m e n t a n d Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore. GREEN CAMPUS:
We are committed to making AMU the first Green Campus of India. We hope to install a solar power system which will feed the electricity grid from which we will draw power. Our investment of Rs.20 crores will hopefully be recovered in 3-4 years. Our Eco-Club and newly institutionalized Green Warriors are fully engaged in conserving energy and turning the campus green.
VISITS OF DIGNITARIES:
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, visited the AMU 27 years after the last presidential visit to inaugurate the 37th Indian Social Science Congress on 27 December 2014. The President also visited Murshidabad Campus of AMU this year.
Other guests who graced several occasions were Janab B.L. Joshi, Hon'ble Governor of Uttar Pradesh;
Dr. Aziz Qureshi, Hon'ble Governor, Uttarakhand; Janab Jitin Prasada, Hon'ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Ms.
Syeda Hameed, Member Planning Commission.
Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the ruling UPA, laid the foundation stone of AMU Kishanganj Centre.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Mr. Pallam Raju; Bihar Governor, Dr. D.Y. Patil; Bihar Chief Minister, Shri Nitish Kumar and Bihar
the downtrodden. His tireless efforts to save and nurture Urdu are p r a i s e w o r t h y. H i s n a m e i s embellished in gold in the history of Uttarakhand for his extraordinary efforts to coordinate the relief and rehabilitation of flood victims during the catastrophic floods which ravaged the state in June 2013.
In recognition of his resolute advocacy and enduring contribution to the cause of nation building, his services to Urdu and education, I am proud to present Dr. Aziz Qureshi for the conferment of the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa upon him at the 61 Annual s t
Convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University on this twenty ninth day of March Two Thousand and Fourteen.
Brig. (Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali SM Pro-Vice Chancellor 29 March 2014th
CITATIONS
Dr. Aziz Qureshi Dr. Aziz Qureshi, the Hon'ble Governor of Uttarakhand since 15 th
May 2012, was born on 24 April 1940 in Bhopal and earned his M.A. and LL.B. degree from Government Hamidia College, Bhopal; Agra University, Agra; Vikram University, Ujjain; and Bhopal University, Bhopal.
A lawyer by profession, he has held several positions of repute including those with the status of Cabinet Minister.
His acumen and outstanding abilities have made valuable contributions to the constitution of several prestigious councils, senates and courts of Universities and the Bars of High Courts. He has rendered public service as a Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, (1972- 77). He served as Minister of Irrigation and Power; and Education and Endowments. He was also the elected Member of Parliament of the 8 Lok th
Sabha from Satna, Madhya Pradesh in 1984.
As founder Vice Chairman of the
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language he set in motion a nationwide movement for restoring the status of this Indian Language so that it gets its due in post- Independence era. A man of letters and action, he has made laudable efforts for the promotion of Urdu in various state and national boards.
AMU holds him dear for being an educationist of renown. He was Head, Department of Political Science for 9 years and Principal, Aurobindo Arts and Law College, Bhopal. He has been a distinguished member of the AMU Court for several years and has presided over several important AMU functions and ceremonies. His advocacy of Hindu-Muslim unity is completely in sync with the vision of our founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
Dr. Aziz Qureshi has worked tirelessly for upliftment of the weak, physically challenged and illiterate. He has taken special interest in conserving wildlife and forests.
We acknowledge Governor Aziz Qureshi's service for humanity and
Dr. Yusuffali M.A.
Mr. Yusuffali M.A., Managing Director of the Emke Lulu Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is an NRI business magnate of whom every Indian is proud. His corporate firm, largely operating in the retail sector, is one of the leading business houses and caters to a diversified customer base in the multi-ethnic societies of 37 nations, where his flagship chain of Lulu Hypermarkets is a house-hold name.
Forbes Magazine ranks him as the
th th
39 richest Indian and 974 wealthiest man in the world. His meteoric rise from modest beginnings in Nattika village of Thrissur district in Kerala, where he was born Yusuffali Musaliam Veettil Abdul Kader on 15 November 1955, testify that his formidable position has been earned through relentless diligence and exemplary leadership and was not inherited.
His uncanny entrepreneurship has o p e n e d m u l t i p l e e m p l o y m e n t opportunities for Indians and an inflow of NRI funds to India.
His business empire is the fruit of his vision and eminence, but his greatest quality is his compassion. His hands- on involvement with many social, charitable and humanitarian causes in India and the Gulf countries has played a pivotal role in fostering the interests of Non-Resident Indians in the Gulf. He has graciously leveraged initiatives conceived to improve health
c a r e a n d e d u c a t i o n o f t h e marginalized and weak sections of society in India.
He shares the passion of AMU's legendary founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, in establishing institutions to h e l p t h e e d u c a t i o n a l l y a n d economically backward Muslims.
Educational institutions, providing affordable education to thousands of students, under his trusteeship in India, are open to all communities. He champions the cause of communal harmony amongst Christians, Hindus and Muslims.
Amongst the many positions of eminence, held successfully by him, are the Director of Air India; Member of the Prime Minister's global advisory council of overseas Indians; Board member of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industries; Member of Central Wakf Council, Government of India; Chief Patron of Indian Islamic Centers in U.A.E. and Chairman of the Board of Governors, India Social and Cultural Centre.
The President of India conferred upon him 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman' and 'Padma Shree'; the United Nations honored him with 'Interfaith Harmony Award'; Indian CEOs gave him a 'Life- time Achievement Award' and the Government of UAE bestowed upon him 'Khalifa: our Pride' award. In appreciation of his contribution to religious harmony he was blessed with 'The Order of St. George' by the supreme head of Syriac Church.
In acknowledgment of his dynamic leadership in improving the living standards of thousands of Indians abroad and of his selfless service to humanity, I am privileged to present Mr.
Yusuffali M.A. for the conferment of the degree of Doctor of Literature, honoris causa upon him at the 61 Annual st
Convocation of the Aligarh Muslim University on this twenty ninth day of March Two Thousand and Fourteen.
Brig. (Retd.) S. Ahmad Ali SM Pro-Vice Chancellor 29 March 2014th
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